Sick note for work.....

I work one day a week and have been poorly for some time now. I had one day off at beginning of this month and battled through the following days, however i have become worse and when i saw the dr the last time, he signed me off for a week, even though i only work the one day. I am due in tomorrow but OH is going to ring supervisor and ask where to send the sick note and to arrange cover for my absence tomorrow. I am just concerend as if no one will/can cover for me then is it still down to myself to go in even if i have been signed off by a doctor? I really don't feel well enough, i am 4 mths pregnant and i think the reason i have become worse in my illness is because i haven't been resting.

Hope you feel better soon. If your Dr has said yo are unfit to work then you are unfit hun. It's up to your work to arrange cover for you. i know my work used to provisionally arrange shifts to be covered if someone put in a Dr line just incase they were off longer. It's not up to you to go in and cover the shift. A medical certificate is a legal document and provides proof that your Dr has seen you and delcared you unfit for work. Stay in bed where it is warma nd get better. Don't worry about work :0 xx

If you have been signed off work by a Dr many places insist you have a fit to return slip from your Dr declaring you are fit to go back. You have been medically deemed unfit to work so take the time off, forget about work and consentrate on getting better.

Thanks for the advice girls. Well hubby rang my supervisor y'day afternoon and explained and he said she was fine about it and that she would arrange cover for me. You know i would much rather be well and go in to work, i still don't feel any better and have got through about 4 - 5 of those handy size indiviual tissue packs already. One minute my nose is blocked and i can't breathe, then i'm in a coughing fit and after that i blow my nose and it all comes out!!!! This is now the 6th week i had had this i've head enough! My head is really starting to throb as well. Employers know about me being pregnant. I just want to feel better